Really hate my body

Well... ACEN is wrapping up today. Too bad I missed it for the sixth year in a row... That mysterious illness turned into a raging fever that prompted an emergency room visit in the middle of the night with my panicked mother, then led to body aches of excruciating proportions and then topped it off with painful sores in my mouth, on my hands, and on my feet. Yeah... Great way to spend the weekend.

I did, however, find out what I have thanks to George, who is the master of random knowledge, which is a relief. HFMD is a very common viral infection caused from contact with unclean surfaces/person-to-person contact. It's very common in little kids and teens, though adults can contract it too, but they tend to show less symptoms. I probably got it while in a store or from one of my sisters' grubby kids, who might have been carrying it from school. I am, however, a very clean person myself, so wash my hands constantly, so any friends I might have seen are at a minuscule risk, and the only person I've been kissing is George, but he doesn't seem to have it, so he might be immune already.

I am pretty much in quarantine until this blows over. I've probably had it since last Wednesday or so, which means I have a couple more days to wait it out until I am no longer a threat to be around. Meaning, in short, I am going to be very bored and very lonely until the middle of the week, if not until the weekend. I'm a little disappointed about missing ACEN, mostly because I wanted so badly to hang out with my friends but really, I haven't been since 2002, so I don't miss it like someone who has been going every year would miss it. I would have liked to go on Saturday but that is when the worst of the illness came up and I was just too weak to go. I didn't even get to do my Plan B and play Vampire with my boys!

Oh well... I guess I can just catch up on some artwork I've been wanting to do and some anime I've been meaning to watch (I've been through Chobits, xxxHolic, and K-On! already this week.) When I get better, I'll throw that Gundam party I've been meaning to have and will make up for this week of Hell. Yeah, that sounds pretty nice...